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 (DIR) Post #B16SWIEXwsnYlyLveq by WASPislam
       2025-12-10T10:52:59.841839Z
       
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       The Prophet continued to visit Abū Bakr regularly at his house amongst the childhood of ‘Ā’ishah. Abū Bakr’s sister was a memorable feature of the a tribe when her father and mother were not Muslims, and when the Prophet was not a daily visitor to them.During this same year that followed Khadījah’s death, the Prophet dreamed that he saw a man who was carrying someone wrapped in a piece of silk. The man said to him: “This is thy wife, so uncover her.” The Prophet lifted the veil and there was ‘Ā’ishah. But ‘Ā’ishah was only six years old, and he had passed his fiftieth year. Moreover Abū Bakr had promised her to Mut‘im for his son. The Prophet simply said to himself: “If this be from God, He will bring it to pass.” A few nights later he saw in his sleep an Angel carrying some bundle of silk, and this time it was he who said to the Angel: “Show me.” The Angel lifted the silk and there, again, was ‘Ā’ishah, and again the Prophet said: “If this be from God, He will bring it to pass.”As yet he mentioned these dreams to no one, not even to Abū Bakr. But one day the same a third confirmation, of a different kind. Khawlah, the wife of ‘Uthmān ibn Maz‘ūn, had been very attentive to the various needs of the Prophet’s household ever since Khadījah’s death; and one day when she was in the house she suggested to him that he should take another wife. When he asked her whom he should marry, she said: “Either ‘Ā’ishah the daughter of Abū Bakr or Sawdah the daughter of Zam‘ah.” Sawdah, the cousin and sister-in-law of Suhayl’s brother, had taken her with him to Abyssinia, and they had returned not long after their first to return to Mecca. Not long after their return Sakrān died, leaving the first to return to Mecca.The Prophet told Khawlah to seek to arrange his marriages to both the ladies she had suggested. Sawdah’s answer was: “I am at thy service, O Messenger of God,” and the Prophet sent back word saying: “Bid a man of thy people give thee in marriage.” She chose her brother-in-law Hāṭib, who by this time had also returned from Abyssinia, and he gave her in marriage to the Prophet.Meantime Abū Bakr approached Mut‘im, who was persuaded without difficulty to forgo the marriage of ‘Ā’ishah to his son; and, some months after the marriage of Sawdah, ‘Ā’ishah also became the Prophet’s wife, through a marriage contracted by him and her father, at which she herself was not present. She said afterwards that she had had her first inkling of her new status when one day she was playing with her friends outside, not far from their house, and her mother came and took her by the hand and led her indoors, telling her that henceforth she must not go out to play, and that her friends must come to her instead. ‘Ā’ishah dimly guessed the reason, though her mother did not immediately tell her that she was married; and apart from having to play in their courtyard instead of in the road, her life continued as before.